Reddit reviews Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity

I think he surrounding himself with all these homophobic information sources is just going to make it worse. Have you tried giving him a good book on being gay (or other information sources)?


I don't really have any to recommend unfortunately but you can probably find some good recommendations on one of the LGBT subs on reddit.


I think it would be good for him to have to other side properly explained to him.


EDIT: I've been trying to look up some good books. This one (God and the Gay Christian by Matthew Vines) seems pretty good so far. Building a Bridge by James Martin, Gay and Catholic by Eve Tushnet and Sexual Authenticity by Melinda Selmys also seem to be highly recommended pro-gay books on the catholic books part of amazon.


The sub r/GayChristians may also help


Like this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/GayChristians/comments/8sp5lu/im_a_christian_boy_in_high_school_and_im_gay/

THE RIDE NEVER ENDS

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Assuming you don’t want your son to leave the Church you might want to start looking for LGBT Catholic resources.

USCCB has resources here. Including Courage , a Roman Catholic Apostolate and EnCourage I support program for families.

There are also books.

Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity

Gay and Catholic: Accepting My Sexuality, Finding Community, Living My Faith

Why I Don't Call Myself Gay How I Reclaimed My Sexual Reality and Found Peace

Hi! I'm a gay Catholic, and there is certainly room for you in the church! I think everyone else here has done a pretty thorough job of repeating the Church's teachings on same-sex attractions, so I won't bother getting in to them, but I will say that it is totally possible to live faithfully and happily as a Catholic while being LGBTQ+. (Also note that using those terms tends to incite some heated discussion simply over terminology for some reason, which I don't feel like getting in to right now.)

If you want some reading on the intersections of (Catholic) faith and sexuality, I highly recommend looking at:

• https://spiritualfriendship.org/
  
• https://universityideas.wordpress.com/
  
• https://www.patheos.com/blogs/evetushnet/category/gay-catholic-whatnot
  
• Made for Love by Fr. Mike Schmitz
  
• Building a Bridge by Fr. James Martin (this one gets a lot of hate due to the first edition leaving out the church teaching of celibacy, but people tend to miss the point that it isn't intended to be a treatise on church teaching, but rather a suggestion on how to start having such conversations)
  
• Gay and Catholic by Eve Tushnet
  
  Also, feel free to pm me or respond here any time if you have more questions or want to talk about it.
  
  Good luck on your journey in faith, and I'll keep you in my prayers!